The Super Mario Kart Ride On Vehicle($200)[ Amazon] is an electric powered Mario Kart for kids (up to 70-lbs, or one of my testicles) with a top speed of 2.5MPH that plays sound effects from the game."The Super Mario Ride On Kart is a 6 volt single seat toddler battery powered 6V ride on based on the popular video game. It is specifically designed for toddlers with it's easy to use operation. It goes 2.5 mph. It features signature sounds effects from the video game."

“A Diagrammatical Dissertation on Opening Lines of Notable Novels" from Pop Chart Lab, this chart diagrams 25 famous opening lines from revered works of fiction according to the dictates of the classic Reed-Kellogg system. Big pic!"From Cervantes to Faulkner to Pynchon, each sentence has been painstakingly curated and diagrammed by PCL’s research team, parsing classical prose by parts of speech and offering a partitioned, color-coded picto-grammatical representation of some of the most famous first words in literary history. Whether you’re a book buff, an English teacher, or a hard-line grammarian, this diagrammatical dissertation has something for the aesthete in all of us."

The URB-E has been specifically designed to be able to quickly fold and unfold, a top speed of 15mph, a 20 mile range on a single charge, and can fold small enough to fit next to you on a train or bus. The URB-E project is currently over on the Indiegogo crowd funding website looking to raise enough pledges to make the jump from concept to production.

Here South Korea look like a big island, because North Korea has so few lights. Big pic!"The darkened land appears as if it were a patch of water joining the Yellow Sea to the Sea of Japan. Its capital city, Pyongyang, appears like a small island, despite a population of 3.26 million (as of 2008). The light emission from Pyongyang is equivalent to the smaller towns in South Korea.Coastlines are often very apparent in night imagery, as shown by South Korea’s eastern shoreline. But the coast of North Korea is difficult to detect. These differences are illustrated in per capita power consumption in the two countries, with South Korea at 10,162 kilowatt hours and North Korea at 739 kilowatt hours."

These clips are from shot Grable, the Atomic Cannon test in 1953 showing the initial burst and shockwave. Identified also are the various vehicles on the desert floor which are very, very tiny compared to the fireball of the blast. There are cars, jeeps, buses and tanks under the blast area.

Designed by 0fps, this 3D printed action figure represents the old school pixelated Mario from the original Super Mario Bros. game. It sells for $31.18(USD), but you can also order him in a variety of other materials, including metals.

Architecture for Dogs by Kenya Hara. Architecture for Dogs aims to bring joy to pets and their owners with 13 structures designed to stimulate or address issues relating to specific breeds. More images jump more.

The Samsung Gear Fit has a 1.84-inch curved AMOLED screen, a dust- and water-resistant wearable companion offers a pedometer, exercise, and heart rate functionality as well as smartphone notifications (SMS, E-Mail, Calls) and has a battery life of up to 5 days.

Mission Control Desk created by Jeff High Smith."My older son recently started school and needed his own desk for doing homework. I wanted to make something nicer than a simple tabletop with legs, and realized that I could also build in a bit of fun for when the homework is finished. Both my boys and I still had space travel on our minds from our summer trip to Kennedy Space Center. For this desk project, I decided to go with a NASA theme.I researched the Apollo Program as well as NASA’s Mission Control Center, and designed my own console roughly based on those. I say “roughly” because the actual Mission Control does more monitoring than controlling, and isn’t awash in the whiz-bang rocket noises young kids appreciate. I took great liberties and made more of a “space-themed” play console than an accurate simulator. My goal was simply to provide some extra ideas and sound effects for my two sons to play “space” together."

Did you know that it's possible for a human to do a loop-the-loop on foot? PepsiMax sponsored the daredevil's attempt, providing him with a human-sized loop the loop in an abandoned warehouse. After working the math out -- he needed to be going 8.6 mph at the top, cool

Samsung unveiled its next flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S5. Features include a 1080p 5.1 inch screen, 2.5GHz Snapdragon 800 processor with 2GB of RAM, 16 Megapixel Camera, 16/32GB of storage and a fingerprint scanner. It also comes with a swappable back cover, microSD slot and removable 2,800mAh battery.[ Updated: Add a video of Samsung Galaxy S5 ]

Sony Claimed Xperia Z2 Tablet is the "world's slimmest and lightest waterproof tablet". It is 10.1-inch, at only 6.4 mm and less than 440 grams. It includes a 2.3 GHz Quad-core Snapdragon processor, an 8MP Exmor RS rear camera and a 2MP front camer.